Manipur beat Tripura 24-0 in sub-junior hockey

Nagaon (Assam), April 5 (IANS) Manipur registered their second consecutive win as they defeated Tripura 24-0 in a Pool B league match in the third Hockey India sub-junior men's national championship (East Zone) here Friday.

In another game of Pool B, Jharkhand marked its third consecutive win, as they beat hosts Assam 3-0.

In the first game of the day, Bengal beat Bihar 4-1 in Pool A league game. Rohit Barla scored two goals, Nitish Newpane and Biren Kumar Lakra contributed a goal each while Ravi Kumar scored the only goal for Bihar.

In another match of Pool A, Odisha registered easy win 2-0 over Mizoram.